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Telesat previously planned to use rockets still under development by Blue Origin and Relativity Space to deploy the Lightspeed constellation.
Lane 1 of NSSL Phase 3 will seek bids for less-demanding missions to low Earth orbit and is intended to attract new entrants such as Rocket Lab, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space.
Relativity 3D-printed about 85% of the mass of its Terran 1 rocket and had previously planned to increase that percentage above 90%.
Relativity has won launch deals from seven customers worth over $1,600,000,000 for future flights on Terran R.
Relativity Space is developing a 3D-printed Terran R vehicle designed to lift 23,500 kg to low Earth orbit.
Relativity’s debut flight of the 3D-printed Terran 1 launched from Florida but failed to reach orbit after an issue about three minutes into the mission.
Relativity will build Terran R rockets at its 1-million-square-foot Long Beach factory called The Wormhole.
Relativity plans to expand its existing facility in Cape Canaveral in preparation for Terran R launches.
Relativity has raised over $1,300,000,000 in capital to date at a $4,200,000,000 valuation.
Relativity estimates it will be capable of producing upwards of 45 rockets per year from The Wormhole facility in Long Beach.
Relativity Space attempted the first launch of its small Terran 1 vehicle from Cape Canaveral on 2023-03-22 and the rocket failed to reach orbit after demonstrating 3D-printed hardware integrity.
Relativity’s updated Terran R design incorporates an aluminum alloy in initial models by manufacturing tank straight-section barrels using traditional techniques as part of a hybrid manufacturing approach.
Relativity Space shifted Terran R’s targeted first launch to 2026 after redesigning the vehicle on 2023-04-12.
Relativity’s headquarters and a factory are located in California, the company operates engine testing facilities in Mississippi, and its launch site is in Florida.
Relativity Space has been testing Aeon R combustion devices at NASA Stennis Space Center since mid-2022 at full scale and 100% power.
Relativity Space plans to build a secondary launch pad adjacent to its existing Terran 1 test and launch facilities at Space Launch Complex 16.
Relativity Space decided on 2023-04-12 to retire its Terran 1 small launch vehicle after a single flight that failed to reach orbit.
Iridium held a contract for up to six Terran 1 launches of replacement satellites and contracted five of those remaining spares to SpaceX in September 2022, leaving at most one launch with Relativity.
Relativity Space designed and manufactured Aeon R engines in-house, building on additive manufacturing advances from its Aeon 1 engine.
Relativity states Terran R can insert payloads of up to 5,500 kg into geostationary transfer orbit while recovering the first stage.